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Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 16 at 6:27PM EDT until October 16 at 7:15PM EDT by NWS Albany NY

Severe Thunderstorm Warning · Litchfield, CT. Severe; observed; urgency: immediate.

Bulletin issued
16 October 2026 at 22:27 UTC
First saved by us
16 October 2026 at 22:17 UTC
Last included in a daily record
16 October 2026

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Source classification
Severe · Source update

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Issuer / area
NWS Albany NY · Litchfield, CT
Certainty / urgency
Observed / Immediate
Message expiry (not hazard end)
16 October 2026 at 23:15 UTC
Forecast onset / end
16 October 2026 at 22:27 UTC / 16 October 2026 at 23:15 UTC

Archived official description

At 627 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near New Preston, or 7 miles northeast of New Milford, moving east at 60 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Torrington, New Milford, Thomaston, New Hartford, Kent, Sharon, Litchfield, Northwest Harwinton, Oakville, Terryville, New Hartford Center, Woodbury Center, New Preston, Cornwall Bridge, Winsted, Watertown, Plymouth, Woodbury, Harwinton, and Barkhamsted.

Instructions in this archived message

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

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    Title
    Before

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 16 at 6:11PM EDT until October 16 at 7:15PM EDT by NWS Albany NY

    After

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 16 at 6:27PM EDT until October 16 at 7:15PM EDT by NWS Albany NY

    Source updated
    Before

    16 October 2026 at 22:11 UTC

    After

    16 October 2026 at 22:27 UTC

    Effective from
    Before

    16 October 2026 at 22:11 UTC

    After

    16 October 2026 at 22:27 UTC

    Forecast onset
    Before

    16 October 2026 at 22:11 UTC

    After

    16 October 2026 at 22:27 UTC

    Message type
    Before

    Alert

    After

    Update

    Source status
    Before

    Source alert

    After

    Source update

    Reported area
    Before

    Litchfield, CT; Dutchess, NY

    After

    Litchfield, CT

    Source summary
    Before

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning · Litchfield, CT; Dutchess, NY. Severe; observed; urgency: immediate.

    After

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning · Litchfield, CT. Severe; observed; urgency: immediate.

    Official description
    Before

    SVRALY The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Litchfield County in northern Connecticut... Southeastern Dutchess County in east central New York... * Until 715 PM EDT. * At 611 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Wingdale, or near Pawling, moving east at 60 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Torrington, New Milford, Sherman, Pawling, Pleasant Valley, Thomaston, New Hartford, Amenia, Kent, Sharon, Millbrook, Litchfield, Northwest Harwinton, New Hartford Center, Woodbury Center, Hopewell Junction, New Preston, Wingdale, Dover Plains, and Oakville.

    After

    At 627 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near New Preston, or 7 miles northeast of New Milford, moving east at 60 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Torrington, New Milford, Thomaston, New Hartford, Kent, Sharon, Litchfield, Northwest Harwinton, Oakville, Terryville, New Hartford Center, Woodbury Center, New Preston, Cornwall Bridge, Winsted, Watertown, Plymouth, Woodbury, Harwinton, and Barkhamsted.

    External source link
    Before

    https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8857a909f791de6c814d8cb20b4f5434540c3235.001.1

    After

    https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ed3fa48feeb147d8b57ca6690caadd09b6efdd8b.002.1

    Bulletin issued: 16 October 2026 at 22:27 UTC

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First saved record · 16 October 2026 at 22:17 UTC
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    First saved record

    Our first saved version of Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 16 at 6:11PM EDT until October 16 at 7:15PM EDT by NWS Albany NY. We have no earlier saved version to compare.

    Bulletin issued: 16 October 2026 at 22:11 UTC

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    Original saved fields, unchanged. This is our record, not an archived copy of the external webpage.

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